Published On: Mon, Apr 30th, 2012

Strikers Suffer First Loss To Rowdies

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers (2W-2T-1L) fell to the Tampa Bay Rowdies (2W-2T-1L) by a final score of 3-1 in front of 3,536 fans at Al Lang Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Fla. on Saturday night. The Strikers and Rowdies are now tied with eight points in the NASL standings.

“They were just better than us tonight and got the result they deserved,” said Strikers head coach Daryl Shore. “We can’t make excuses and we have to regroup because we have another game on Wednesday.”

The match was a defensive battle with both sides trading goal kicks for much of the first half until Tampa Bay’s Keith Savage found a streaking Matt Clare, who buried a shot into the net giving the Strikers Matt Glaeser no chance to save.

The eventual game-winner came in the 62nd minute when the Rowdies’ Luke Mulholland was taken down in the box and Mike Ambersley converted the ensuing penalty kick to make it 2-0.

The Strikers would get one back in the 90th minute when Walter Restrepo found an Abe Thompson pass to score his first of the season.

In the Strikers attempts to throw attackers forward, the Rowdies scored on a counter attack to make the final score 3-1 through Keith Savage.

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